Address
211 W. Linwood Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64111
Website
www.cristoreykc.org
Description
Cristo Rey Kansas City provides a Catholic, college-prep education enhanced by an innovative corporate work-study program to culturally diverse students with economic need.
• The backgrounds of CRKC’s inaugural freshman class are reflective of the population living in Kansas City’s urban core:
o 60% Latino/a
o 37% African-American
o 3% Caucasian
• Median family income: $22,727
o Average family size: 5 members
o 97% qualify for federal free or reduced lunches
• Students come from a variety of religious backgrounds, and any faith tradition is welcome at CRKC:
o 64% are Catholic
o 24% non-specified Christians or otherwise unspecified
o 11% Baptist
o 1% Muslim
• CRKC is the only Cristo Rey school nationwide to serve a bistate area:
o 82% from Missouri
o 18% from Kansas
• The CRKC class of 2010 hails from 33 area schools:
Category
Education – K-12
